Quote#Wisdom
The difficulty between us and Germany is this: that Germany believes…
Quote byGeorges Clemenceau · 1841–1929
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speech to the Senate (10 February 1912), quoted in David Robin Watson, Georges Clemenceau: A Political Biography (London: Eyre Methuen, 1974), p. 220.
English (original)
The difficulty between us and Germany is this: that Germany believes that the logic of her victory means domination, while we do not believe that the logic of our defeat is serfdom [vassalité].
— Georges Clemenceau
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